USS Gwin (DD-433)

USS Gwin (DD-433) is a US Navy destroyer that was launched on 25 May 1940 from the Boston Navy Yard. The ship was named for the American Civil War naval officer William Gwin, and the ship was sent to the Pacific during World War II. Its first battle was the Battle of Midway, and it then took part in the Guadalcanal campaign. On 13 July 1943, during the Battle of Kolombangara, Gwin received a torpedo hit amidships in her engine room and exploded, and the ship had to be scuttled. Two officers and 59 men perished with the ship.